Sujet

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. View of '...the Fjord of Kangerluarsuk [also spelt Kajarlik and Kangerlic]...interesting to mineralogists...being the locality in which the rare minerals eudialite, sodalite, and arfvedsonite are found...also [to be] found imbedded in the cryolite fine [were] crystals, of a variety of tantalite, which has not been hitherto seen. In the cryolite, besides the silver lead ore, are also found yellow copper ore, blende sparry iron ore, molybdenum tin stone in fine crystals, arsenical pyrites, fluor-spar, felspar, and quartz'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM23A57_026

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Format disponible

19,1Mo (1,6Mo) / 32,4cm x 14,7cm / 3830 x 1739 (300dpi)

Mots clés

sea mountain mountains country harbour fjord British geography color Arctic Greenland location century mineral Britain newspapers press concept exploitation natural resources B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News North and Central America TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown 19th-century Arsuk J. W. Tayler Tayler J. W. arfvedsonite Kangerluarsuk Fjord